Breakdown of Nie wierzę w tę dziwną moc.
nie
no / not
ten
this (m)
wierzyć
to believe
dziwny
strange
w
into (direction, + Accusative)
moc
power
Questions & Answers about Nie wierzę w tę dziwną moc.
Moc is a feminine noun, so why doesn't it have a typical feminine ending like -ę in the Accusative case?
Moc (power) belongs to a special group of feminine nouns that end in a consonant, just like noc (night) or twarz (face). For these consonant-stem nouns, the Accusative singular form is exactly the same as the Nominative singular. It doesn't take an extra vowel ending.
Why do the words before it (tę dziwną) have standard feminine Accusative endings if moc doesn't?
Even though moc has no vowel ending, its grammatical gender is still feminine. Any adjectives (dziwną) or pronouns (tę) describing it must still take their regular feminine Accusative endings to match its gender.
The sentence is negative (nie wierzę). Shouldn't the Accusative phrase turn into the Genitive case here?
The "Genitive of negation" rule only applies to direct objects—nouns that follow the verb directly without a preposition. In this sentence, the case is forced by the preposition w (in). When a preposition dictates the case, negating the verb changes nothing. Therefore, w tę dziwną moc stays in the Accusative.
I feel like I usually hear people say "tą" instead of "tę". Why is it tę here?
In standard, grammatically correct Polish, tę is the required Accusative form for the pronoun ta (this). However, in everyday spoken Polish, it is incredibly common for native speakers to use tą (which is officially the Instrumental form) as the Accusative instead. For writing and exams, stick to tę!
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